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Thursday morning I shared a few of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day entertaining tips with our friends at The CW’s Winging It! Buffalo Style. Seeing as St. Patty’s Day is more of a “going out” holiday, I kept things simple. We’re in Buffalo for the festivities and if you didn’t know, Buffalo has one of the largest parades in town. Naturally, everyone wakes up early throws on their green and heads to their first party of the day. These entertaining tips suffice for a little pre-parade action with a DIY photo booth, “Irish Gold” recipe and funky straws. View the segment here.

A special thank you to our friends from Party HQ for the festive straws & DIY photo booth accessories!

We partnered with Southern Comfort to create this delicious recipe, unlike your typical green concoction. Find the recipe here for the “Irish Gold,” also featured in the latest issue of Buffalo Magazine!

Prep:
Using a shaker, pour your Southern Comfort and ginger ale first, top off with a splash of orange juice, pour and garnish with an orange twist.

I’m so excited to share my St. Patrick’s Day cocktail, the “Irish Gold” as seen in my first entertaining column for Buffalo Magazine. Seeing as C & I have our own PR firm, it’s always a bit different when you see yourself publicized as opposed to a client. My next column releases March 25th, so stay tuned!

I wanted to change things up a bit, so instead of green beer, I came up with this gold recipe. A special thank you to Southern Comfort for sponsoring this delicious libation – Cheers!

Recently, I made dinner for the Team KC crew. The trick when choosing a recipe is deciding to make something using wine (Cooking with a wine that you’re drinking is something you should always do!). Of course I would levitate towards my favorite 20 minute recipe, shrimp scampi. My family has been eating shrimp scampi for as long as I can remember. It’s my go-to recipe for something bikini-friendly that the guys will still love. In fact, some of the guys were practically licking their plates!

What’s great about this recipe is its versatility. You can make it with brown rice, angel hair or flavored pasta. At a recent trip to Horsefeathers, on the West Side, I picked up a bag of garlic and parsley linguini from the Pasta Peddler. When serving this dish, if you have rice, you may prefer to portion out the rice and spoon on the shrimp and the rest of the goods. Or, if you’re serving it with pasta, keep the pasta in the pan that you cooked it in, and pour in your scampi when you’re all done. This will merge the flavors well, while allowing you to still portion the shrimp. Make sure to spoon on the yummy garlic flavor when you’re finished!

Sauté the tomato mixture until stir until tomatoes are tender, about 3-4 minutes

Add wine and reduce for 1 minute.

Stir in 1 tablespoon of butter and shrimp.

Cook until completely pink.

Stir in parsley and serve.

A few tips: Be sure not to over-cook the shrimp. They will turn bright pink when fully cooked. This is the lower-calorie version. By all means, substitute unsalted butter for the extra virgin olive oil. It will give you a rich buttery flavor you will not regret!

I hope you enjoy this meal as much as we did! Tweet me @lindsaygregg and let me know if you have any questions. Don’t forget to snap pics!

Happy Cooking!

-LG

PS, The shrimp was $10.99 a pound, and the pasta was 3 for $10. So, including the wine (depending how much you want to spend) expect to spend around $20-$25 for this dish!

Exciting news! On Friday we signed the lease for our very first office in Buffalo, NY! The location is beyond perfect and the space, although small, is beautiful. We’re now in planning mode and looking for office space inspiration. Of course I lean towards sites like Pinterest and Apartment Therapy along with a few magazines like Elle Decor and House Beautiful.

I have a serious obsession with all things Lucite (especially since it’s the cheaper version of glass). I’ve also had a long lasting obsession with the ghost chair. The desk space on the right pretty much exemplifies my favorite style. The desk lamp adds the perfect touch.

There’s something about this glass desk that makes me happy. Not having a color, you can change-up accessories to make the look different when you get bored with your current desk decor.

I love the idea of an accent wall in a small space. One of our walls has a gorgeous over-sized fire-place, but if we had all 4 walls, I would absolutely try this idea.

Thankfully we have amazing shops in Buffalo like Room, Reimagine, OffBeat Emporium and more. Of course, we’ll look for help from places like Home Goods and Ikea!

Just sharing a few iPhone & Instagram shots from Friday’s LIVE wedding that aired on The CW’s Winging It! Buffalo Style. If you missed it, you can watch the segment online here! Stay tuned for pictures from the professional wedding photographer as well as a list of the amazing shops that worked closely with us to make this 2 weeks of planning super smooth.